2 Chronicles 26:18-23
26:18 They confronted
King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the
Lord. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed
and the
Lord God will not honor you!”
26:19 Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving
at the priests, a skin disease
appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the
Lord’s temple near the incense altar.
26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at
him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king
himself wanted to leave quickly because the
Lord had afflicted him.
26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters,
afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the
Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
26:22 The rest of the events of Uzziah’s reign, from start to finish, were recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
26:23 Uzziah passed away and was buried near his ancestors in a cemetery belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) His son Jotham replaced him as king.